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Tue., May 15, 2012 6:41pm
Georgia Power customers will see their monthly bills drop by about $8 starting next month.
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Wed., May 9, 2012 5:05pm
Construction of a new nuclear power plant near Augusta is behind schedule. That’s what Georgia Power officials told the state’s Public Service Commission Wednesday. The first reactor will begin operating in November of 2016.
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Fri., April 27, 2012 12:00pm
Georgia Power says tests show there aren’t unsafe levels of uranium in the water near Plant Scherer.
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Fri., March 30, 2012 1:56pm
Georgia Power has filed a request with state regulators to reduce fuel rates by 19 percent and total annual billings by about $567 million. The company said it filed the request on Friday with the Georgia Public Service Commission.
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Mon., March 12, 2012 6:41pm
Big changes are coming to Savannah’s River Street, the waterfront heart of the city's tourism empire. Over the next few years, the street is expected to get two-new hotels and a first-ever restaurant on the actual river-bank. But that's just the beginning.
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Fri., February 24, 2012 7:49am
A bill allowing third parties to lease solar panels has been tabled in the Senate Regulated Industries Committee. 45 other states have already passed similar legislation.
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Thu., February 9, 2012 8:18pm
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday approved the final construction permit for work to begin building two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.
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Wed., February 8, 2012 4:00pm
Federal nuclear regulators are set to vote Thursday on approving construction of two new reactors at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last year approved the design Southern Company is using to add two new reactors at its east Georgia facility. Now the commission is set to give its final OK for construction and operation.
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Thu., February 2, 2012 6:00pm
Nuclear power plant expansions are moving forward in the South while they are stalled or have been scrapped in other parts of the country. The South's politics have a lot to do with that trend. Lawmakers here prefer regulated markets and smooth the way for expensive new reactors.
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Tue., January 31, 2012 4:00pm
The owners of a Savannah solar electric firm are challenging Georgia Power to sue them. Company officials want to test monopoly utility laws preventing Georgians from generating their own electricity. The company is calling itself Lower Rates for Customers.